The alternative to Cetin's solution could be:
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rename cdx file
open table in VFP
*probably you will see warning "CDX file removed" and routine will continue *without user intervention
do what you need
rename cdx back
set index to indexfile.cdx
use
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>Hi,
>
>Is it possible to open tables without opening their cdx-indexes in vfp6. In Clipper we have some tables with indexes containing expressions like
>"descend(dtos(mydate))", but in VFP 6.0 we can't open them. Now we need to open these tables to convert them.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Sander